Upcoming Summits

2019 Silicon Valley CISO Executive Leadership Summit

March 21, 2019, 7:30 AM-5:30 PM

Hotel Nia, Menlo Park, CA

Future State 2025 - Driving the Digital Roadmap to a Secure Enterprise

Digital disruption is ushering a new wave of business model innovations. Because digital transformation is a journey, the CISO and other members of the C-suite must recognize that new technologies and emerging innovations represent continual change. As technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and hyper-convergence offer new ways for doing business, the CISO is uniquely positioned to deliver bold, game-changing leadership, engender transformational innovation, and steer the enterprise into the next era of digital business.

The leadership traits and skills required by technology leaders to help champion customer-centric efforts will be the focal point of the 2019 Silicon Valley CISO Executive Leadership Summit.

As the Chief Security Officer, Steven Booth is in charge of leading all aspects of IT security at FireEye. This includes the ongoing development and execution of enterprise-wide security architecture and monitoring programs, as well as technology risk and compliance. Steven directs the implementation of security controls, standards, policies and procedures to ensure continuous monitoring and protection of information systems and physical property while ensuring that compliance is maintained against both corporate security policies and industry standards.

Prior to joining FireEye, Steven was the AVP of Information Security and CISO at Manulife/John Hancock in Boston, Massachusetts, where he had global responsibility for all IT security in the US, Canada, and 11 countries in Asia. He previously held the role of Cybersecurity Architect at Microsoft, and ran security operations for VeriSign’s MSSP. Steven has a B.S. in Business Management from CSUH, and a Master’s degree in Digital Security from Golden Gate University.

Lauren is a principal based out of Odgers Berndtson’s Washington DC office. As a part of the technology practice, she handles executive and senior level positions across all industries.

Before joining the firm, Lauren held positions with Alta Associates, a boutique firm where she placed executives and built teams in cybersecurity, IT risk, and privacy. Since 2013, she has been successful in placing CISOs, CSOs, CIROs, and the teams that support them in organizations spanning from start-up to Fortune 100. During her time there, she presented at industry conferences as well as advocated for diversity in the space.

Lauren holds a BA in Business Administration from Westminster College.

Jamey Cummings is a Senior Client Partner in Korn Ferry’s Global Technology Practice. He co-lead’s the Firm’s Global Cybersecurity Practice and is also a member of the Firm’s Information Officers Practice.

Mr. Cummings is a recognized leader in advising organizations on the recruitment, assessment, development, and retention of information technology as well as information security & risk management talent at all levels, including the Board of Directors. His clients range from large global corporations to high growth entrepreneurial companies, spanning all industries. In addition to Chief Information Officers, Chief Information Security Officers, and their key leaders, he also recruits cybersecurity consultants for leading professional services firms as well as top executives for cybersecurity technology companies and managed security services providers. He is based in the Firm’s Dallas office.

Prior to Korn Ferry, Mr. Cummings served as an associate principal in the industrial, supply chain, and transportation & logistics practices of another leading executive search firm, where he executed senior executive search assignments for both public and private equity-backed companies. He also served clients in the consumer & retail, technology, government & defense, biotechnology, and education sectors.

Prior to his career in executive search, Mr. Cummings was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Dallas, where he worked on a wide variety of projects with clients in the aerospace & defense, consumer finance, telecommunications, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and education industries.
Earlier in his career, he served nine years with distinction as an officer in the U.S. Navy's SEAL teams.

He earned a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford University, and graduated with merit with a bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from The United States Naval Academy.

Hunter Muller is a transformative CEO at HMG Strategy, LLC, the strongest executive leadership network. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience in consulting with IT executive leaders, Hunter is a multi-title book author and a frequent industry speaker on transformational leadership and innovation. His concepts are used worldwide to improve executive performance, enhance collaboration, elevate the role of IT, and align strategy across the enterprise.

Through years of research and experience, Hunter has published four books: “The Transformational CIO” (John Wiley & Sons, 2011), “On Top of The Cloud” (John Wiley & Sons, 2012), “Leading the Epic Revolution” (John Wiley & Sons, 2013), and “The Big Shift in IT Leadership” (John Wiley & Sons, 2015).

HMG Strategy assists C-level executives in becoming transformational leaders. HMG Strategy hosts networking summits and provides services that are focused around innovative IT leadership, management, and technology support to CIOs and senior IT executives. HMG Strategy is "The Strongest Executive Leadership Network" with an international association of more than 300,000 global CIOs/senior IT executives, industry experts, and world-class thought leaders.

Hunter and HMG Strategy support a variety of IT-related charities, and Hunter is a member of the Executive Committee of the Fairfield/Westchester Chapter of the Society for Information Management.

M. K. Palmore serves as the Head of the Cyber Security Branch for FBI San Francisco and is a 21-year veteran of the FBI. His responsibilities include the strategic and tactical operational management of several teams of cyber intrusion investigators, computer scientists, analysts and digital forensics personnel charged with conducting and supporting investigations of cyber threat actors in both criminal and national security intrusion matters. Additionally, Mr. Palmore leads the San Francisco Division’s internal security and risk apparatus. Mr. Palmore’s leadership and investigative experiences include: Cyber Security, Crisis Response/Management, Risk-Management Advisory Services and Counter-Terrorism Investigations and Intelligence Development. Mr. Palmore’s cyber security certifications include the ISACA – CISM, ISC2 – CISSP and the Carnegie Mellon University CISO Certificate. He earned a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy and a MBA from Pepperdine University where he currently serves as an adjunct professor in the Information Systems Department for graduate studies. Prior to the FBI, Mr. Palmore served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Michael brings over 20 years of combined IT/Tech practitioner and Executive Search experience specific to CISO/VP Security, CIO/CTO, and DevOps engagements. Michael has led a focused subset of recent Security leadership engagements across a variety of company sizes and industries including Veritas/Symantec, EY, Virgin America, Duo Security, MuleSoft, and One Medical Group. Most recently Michael was the CEO for Mitchellake in the US and a Technology Partner at Calibre One. He also spent 10 years as the Founder and Managing Technology Partner for CVPartners. Prior to his executive search career Michael was in the managed cloud operations space as a Co-Founder of OpSource and an early executive member at SiteSmith/AboveNet. Michael began his career with MTI, one of the pioneers in the managed storage space. A native of Maryland, Michael holds a B.S. Degree from the University of Delaware. Michael lives in the SF Bay Area.

Matthew Rosenquist joined Intel Corp in 1996 and benefits from 28 diverse years in the fields of cyber, physical, and information security. Mr. Rosenquist specializes in security strategy, measuring value, developing best-practices for cost effective capabilities, and establishing organizations which deliver optimal levels of cybersecurity. As a cybersecurity strategist for the Intel, he identifies risks and opportunities to build organizations that balance risks, costs, and usability factors across hardware, firmware, software, artificial intelligence, and services. Mr. Rosenquist is active in the industry and consults on best-practices and emerging risks to academic, business, and government audiences around the globe. Mr. Rosenquist built and managed Intel’s first global 24x7 Security Operations Center, oversaw several internal platform security products and services, deployed the enterprise intrusion detection program, and was Intel’s first Incident Commander for worldwide IT emergency responses. He has conducted investigations and risk assessments in defense of corporate assets and managed the security playbook for Intel security features landing in the PC architecture. Mr. Rosenquist ran security for Intel’s multi-billion dollar mergers and acquisitions activities and quantitatively justified the improvement strategy protecting Intel’s global manufacturing capability. His development of the Threat Agent Risk Assessment (TARA) methodology to optimize security, has influenced how organizations view and prioritize risks. Currently, he is leading cybersecurity for Intel’s Artificial Intelligence group, with a focus on how AI will transform security, privacy, and safety. Mr. Rosenquist is very active in the industry, speaks at conferences, consults with industry partners, member of multiple advisory boards, and has published acclaimed white papers, blogs, and videos on a wide range of cybersecurity topics. In 2018, he was named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices for technology. He is very passionate about cybersecurity and strives to blend practical risk mitigation practices, business processes, and technology capabilities to achieve an optimal level of security.

Back in 2013, the APT 1 report was released by Mandiant, the consulting arm of FireEye, which exposed nation state hacking against the U.S. economy. Now six years later, what's changed? With APT groups in China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and elsewhere, as well as financially motivated actor groups around the world, this session will discuss recent trends in APT and FIN group activity.

9:50 AM - 10:20 AM

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

10:20 AM - 11:00 AM

EXECUTIVE PANEL: New Technologies -Trends and Opportunities for Protecting the Organization

We are in the early innings of an extended innovation cycle that will affect and impact the enterprise for decades to come. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence/machine learning and user-behavior analytics offer information security teams new ways to detect malicious behavior faster and more effectively. This session will showcase new security technologies that are reshaping information security practices.

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

EXECUTIVE KEYNOTE: IBM Security

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Luncheon

COMMUNITY GIVE-BACK PROGRAM

Mark Egan, Partner, StrataFusion

HMG has a long history of giving back to the community and developing future leaders. We are proud to be a sponsor of the CISE Security Program at Merritt College (https://cisesecurity.com/) that was designed by security industry thought leaders to develop the next generation of security professionals. Merritt college serves the Oakland school district that includes students from less advantaged backgrounds. CISE Security Program offers progressive companies the opportunity to improve their security program and give back to the community. We will be discussing the program in more detail during this session and discuss how you can get involved.

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

EXECUTIVE PANEL: Creating Your Future Professional Brand as an IT Security Leader

Lauren Claypool, Principal, Odgers Berndtson

Jamey Cummings, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry

Michael Piacente, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Hitch Partners

Moderator: Hunter Muller, President & CEO, HMG Strategy

The role of the CISO has been pushed into the spotlight. Still, not all CISOs have won a seat at the table in the C-suite. Top security and search executives will share examples of partnering across the business to become a valued member of the team along with best practices for CISOs to elevate their professional brands and accelerate their career paths.

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

2:00 PM - 2:40 PM

EXECUTIVE PANEL: Preparing Yourself to be Boardroom Ready

Panelists being confirmed.

Moderator: Mark Egan, Partner, StrataFusion

Every company is on a digital journey. CIOs and CTOs are best positioned to guide that process – but not many find themselves on company boards. Why?

This panel comprises top technology executives who sit on company boards.They will share insights into what it takes to be boardroom ready, how to get on a board, and what skills are needed to be effective in that role.

As the number and complexity of cyber-attacks continue to escalate, it’s become abundantly clear that historical approaches to cyber security are no longer sufficient. Today’s CISO must be prepared to embrace innovation and to drive secure value to their organization while forging tight collaboration with the C-suite and the board. This panel of information security executives will discuss their roles in leading transformative cyber security strategies along with best practices for working with fellow executives to proactively protect the enterprise.

3:50 PM - 5:00 PM

Raffle Prizes and Executive Networking Reception

Presenting Partners

IBM Security, with 8,000 professionals in 133 countries, delivers an immune system of security technology to detect and prevent threats and respond quickly and completely to breaches. We address the evolving security landscape and our clients’ most critical needs with AI innovation in the cloud and intelligent orchestration.

Platinum Partners

Datalink, Cloud + Data Center Transformation division of Insight, is a complete IT services and solution provider that helps organizations transform technology, operations, and service delivery to meet challenges and future-proof the business. As an independent integrator, we’re free to recommend the most appropriate solutions — across cloud, IT transformation, next-generation technology, and security.

Gold Partners

CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR) is the global leader in privileged access security, a critical layer of IT security to protect data, infrastructure and assets across the enterprise, in the cloud and throughout the DevOps pipeline. CyberArk delivers the industry’s most complete solution to reduce risk created by privileged credentials and secrets. The company is trusted by the world’s leading organizations, including 50 percent of the Fortune 500, to protect against external attackers and malicious insiders.

OneLogin is the leader in Unified Access Management, Enabling Organizations to Access the World™. Businesses of all sizes use OneLogin to secure company data, while increasing IT administrator and end users efficiencies. OneLogin manages and secures millions of identities around the globe, making it simpler and safer for organizations to access the apps and data they need anytime, everywhere.

Strategic Partners

Egon Zehnder was founded in 1964 with a distinctive vision and structure aimed at achieving two basic goals - to place our clients' interests first and to lead our profession in creating value for our clients through the assessment and recruitment of top-level management resources.
The most fundamental expression of our client-first vision resides in our structure, which is unique to our profession. Our 390 consultants, operating from 63 wholly owned offices in 37 countries, are organized around a single-profit center partnership. This is designed to eliminate competitive barriers between our offices. It allows us to operate seamlessly when engagements call for us to mobilize across many offices in a country or a region.
Large or small, local or global, our clients benefit from our structure by having access to our most relevant resources and relationships wherever they may reside.
Underpinning this unique structure is our private ownership. We have chosen to operate our firm independent of any outside interests and are motivated solely by a desire to exceed our clients' expectations.

Heidrick & Struggles actively solves business problems for our clients every day. Through our Leadership Advisory framework, we help companies attract, develop and retain the world’s most talented individuals. For almost 60 years, we have focused on quality service and built strong leadership teams through our relationships with clients and individuals worldwide. Today, Heidrick & Struggles leadership experts operate from principal business centers in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

At Korn Ferry, we design, build, attract and ignite talent. Since our inception, clients have trusted us to help recruit world-class leadership. Today, we are a single source for leadership and talent consulting services to empower businesses and leaders to reach their goals. Through our vision, research and tools across 80 offices and 3,700 employees, we convert potential into greatness. Our solutions range from executive recruitment and leadership development programs, to enterprise learning, succession planning, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO). Organizations around the world trust Korn Ferry to manage their talent – a responsibility we meet every day with passion, expertise, integrity and results.

Russell Reynolds Associates is a premier provider of senior-level executive search and assessment, serving clients globally for 40 years. We advise our clients on recruiting and retaining outstanding and impactful leaders, and help them mitigate the risks associated with senior level appointments.
We are a private firm with 39 offices across North and South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific, covering all major business regions including Africa, Eastern Europe and Russia, the Middle East and the South Pacific.
We leverage our collective expertise to identify and assess leaders who can support the growth and success of our client organizations.
Our 300 experienced consultants are supported by a global research network
We complete more than 2,000 assignments annually, across a broad range of industries and functional roles.

Founded in 1956 and privately owned, Spencer Stuart is one of the world's leading executive search consulting firms.
We are the advisor of choice among top companies seeking guidance and counsel on senior leadership needs. We have unrivalled access to leading executives around the world.
Our clients range across industries, from the world's largest companies to medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurial start-ups.
We operate out of 51 offices in 27 countries. Last year we conducted more than 4,000 assignments around the world.
Our team of more than 300 consultants possesses a unique blend of professional search experience and industry expertise. Consultants are organized in practices and work in teams, often across international boundaries that maximize sector specialization and knowledge-sharing. These client service teams are supported by first-rate associates and researchers, and backed by state-of-the-art technology.
We place quality at the center of everything we do and solicit candid feedback at every opportunity in order to continually improve our service to clients.
We channel our knowledge and expertise into a wide range of publications for the benefit of existing and prospective clients.

Glynn Capital is focused on investments in leading private and public technology growth companies. We seek to be long-term investors in a limited number of excellent companies with world-class management teams, sustainable business models, and long-term growth potential.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the Enterprise and Consumer sectors. For over two decades, the Lightspeed partners have backed and helped build more than 250 companies globally, many of which have become market leaders. Lightspeed’s strategy is to be the first or lead institutional investor in companies with high growth potential in markets capable of supporting the creation of large, valuable enterprises. The Firm currently manages over $4 billion of committed capital and has invested in companies like AppDynamics, DataStax, Fusion-io, MuleSoft, Nest, Nicira.

Sequoia is a venture firm with a 40+ year track record of partnering with daring entrepreneurs. Founded in 1972, we’ve been early business partners with many of technology’s biggest companies (Apple, Google, Oracle, Cisco, and more) along with many emerging leaders (WhatsApp, Palo Alto Networks, ServiceNow, FireEye, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Airbnb, etc).

To book a room, please call 1-650-900-3434 and mention the HMG Strategy Room Block or click here to book online.

The CISO Executive Leadership Summit is created for Information Security Leaders who are focused on delivering proactive security strategies to the C-suite and board. It also has strong appeal to leaders interested in better positioning their organizations and themselves for what's ahead in enterprise security.

To ensure a high quality environment and to maximize the networking experience, all attendees must be:

Employed C-Level executives (non-vendor) or equivalent, CISOs, Direct Reports of CISOs, or Senior Most IT Professional in an organization with $200M or greater revenue, or from not-for-profit or government organizations with comparable size

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Full time academicians

If you meet the criteria above, there is no fee to attend.

All registration requests will be reviewed and approved based upon above stated criteria.

* Sales/marketing individuals or consultants from non-sponsoring vendor organizations are not permitted.

Special Needs - We fully support the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require special assistance of any kind, please call us at (203) 221-2702 or email us at registrar@hmgstrategy.com.

Highly interactive sessions will provide many opportunities for attendees, speakers and panelists to be engaged in both learning and discussion. The objective for the day is to deliver high quality useful information that attendees can develop into an action plan.